Fedora Desktop Essentials

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1. About Fedora Desktop Essentials
   
   
2. Logging into the Fedora GNOME Desktop
   • The Fedora GNOME Login Screen
     
     
3. A Guided Tour of the Fedora GNOME Desktop
   • The Fedora GNOME Desktop
   • The Desktop Background
   • The Desktop Panels
     
     
4. Changing the Fedora GNOME Desktop Background
   • Changing the Fedora GNOME Desktop Background
   • Selecting a Background from the Wallpaper List
   • Creating a Solid or Graded Background
   • Specifying a Background Image
     
     
5. Installing and Customizing Fedora Desktop Themes
   • What is a Desktop Theme?
   • Changing the Fedora Desktop Theme
   • Downloading and Installing a Theme
     
     
6. Configuring Fedora Desktop Fonts
   • Font Options on Fedora
   • Changing Font Settings
   • Font Rendering Settings
   • Advanced Font Rendering
   • Viewing Fonts in the Font Folder
   • Adding New Fonts
     
     
7. Configuring the Fedora Desktop Panels
   • What are Desktop Panels
   • Changing the Position of a Panel
   • Adding and Deleting Desktop Panels
   • Changing the Appearance of a Desktop Panel
   • Adding Items to a GNOME Destop Panel
   • Adding Menus to a Panel
   • Changing the Number of Fedora Desktop Workspaces
     
     
8. Configuring the Fedora Desktop Menu System
   • Customizing a Fedora Desktop Menu
   • Moving Menu Items
   • Adding and Deleting a Menu Item
     
     
9. Enhance your Fedora Desktop with gDesklets
   • Installing gDesklets
   • Launching gDesklets
   • Moving a Desklet
   • Raising Desklets to the Front of the Desktop
   • Setting the Properties of a Desklet
   • Install New gDesklet Packages
     
     
10. Browsing My Computer, Files and Folders on the Fedora Desktop
    • Accessing Nautilus
    • Nautilus and the Computer Icon
    • Adding Emblems to Files and Folders
    • Changing File and Folder Permissions
    • Renaming and Deleting Files and Folders
      
      
11. Configuring the Fedora File Manager
    • Displaying Icons or Lists
    • Configuring the List View
    • Configuring the Icon View
    • Changing File Manager Behavior
      
      
12. Fedora Desktop - Starting Applications on Login
    • Understanding Sessions
    • Configuring Desktop Startup Programs
    • Listing the Currently Running Programs
    • Saving the Current Session
      
      
13. Fedora Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Changing a Shortcut
    • Disabling a Keyboard Shortcut
      
      
14. GNOME Online Desktop Installation and Setup on Fedora
    • Installing GNOME Online Desktop
    • Launching the Online Desktop
    • Creating a GNOME Online Desktop Account
    • Adding Widgets to the Sidebar

Take your Fedora Linux Skills to the Next Level
Fedora 31 Essentials book is now available in Print ($36.99) and eBook ($24.99) editions. Learn more...